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This hydrogen fuel machine could be the ultimate guide to self improvement

April 5, 2021 sarah Jonas artificial photosymthesis, Berkeley Lab, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Fossil fuel reduction, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Gallium Nitride, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Materials Science, materials science and engineering, Molecular Foundry, Nanomaterial, nanotechnology, national laboratories, Semiconductor, solar fuels, Water Splitting

Scientists at Berkeley have uncovered an extraordinary self-improving property that transforms an ordinary semiconductor into a highly efficient and stable artificial photosynthesis device

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April Snapshots

April 5, 2021 sarah Jonas 2d electronics, 2D materials, Advanced Light Source, atomically thin, Battery, Berkeley Lab, Biology, Biosciences, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Machine Learning, Materials Science, Microorganism, Molecular Foundry, Nanomaterial, nanotechnnology, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Science Snapshots from Berkeley Lab: X-rays accelerate battery R&D; infrared microscopy goes off grid; substrates support 2D tech

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Science Snapshots From Berkeley Lab – Week of March 29, 2021

March 29, 2021 sarah Jonas 2D materials, Berkeley Lab, Carbon, carbon and capture storage, Carbon Neutrality, Clean Energy, Climate Activism, Climate Change, computer modeling and simulation, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Electron Microscopy, energy technologies, fossil fuel burning, fossil fuel emissions, Health, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, materials science and engineering, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, NERSC, photovoltaic materials, Physics, Renewable Energy, smartphone application, solar fuels, Wearable biosensors, wearable electronic devices, Wearable technologies

India’s Ambitious Clean Energy Goals, a Secret Pathway to Harnessing the Sun for Clean Energy, and a Supersmart Gas Sensor for Asthmatics

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Science Snapshots: COVID-19, power outages, Alzheimer’s disease, and optical antennas

March 4, 2021 sarah Jonas Age-related Diseases, alzheimer disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Berkeley Lab, biological imaging, Biosciences, Communications Materials, Computational Biology, COVID-19, Dementia, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Information Technology, Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science, PET, Positron Emission Tomography, power outages, quantum device, SARS-CoV-2, scanning electron microscopy, Sensors, user facilities, Utilities

March Science Snapshots from Berkeley Lab

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Supercomputers Help Advance Computational Chemistry

February 8, 2021 sarah Jonas Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Comet supercomputer, Department of Energy (DOE), machine learning models, MIT, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Uc San Diego

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have succeeded in developing an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to detect electron correlation – the interaction between a system’s electrons – which is vital but expensive to calculate in quantum chemistry.

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Shine On: Avalanching Nanoparticles Break Barriers to Imaging Cells in Real Time

January 13, 2021 sarah Jonas Berkeley Lab, Bioimaging, Brain Imaging, Columbia Engineering, Columbia University, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Lanthanides, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Materials Science, microscope imaging, microscope resolution, Molecular Foundry, Nano Biotechnology, Nanocrystal, Nanomaterial, Nanoscience, nanoscopy imaging, neuromorphic computing, Organelle, Organelles, Photons

A team of researchers co-led by Berkeley Lab and Columbia University has developed a new material called avalanching nanoparticles that, when used as a microscopic probe, offers a simpler approach to taking high-resolution, real-time snapshots of a cell’s inner workings at the nanoscale.

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Scientists Recruit New Atomic Heavyweights in Targeted Fight Against Cancer

December 14, 2020 sarah Jonas biomedical applications, Biosciences, Cancer, Cancer Diagnosis, cancer diagnostics, Cancer Therapeutics, Cancer Therapy, Cancer Treatment, chemical engineering,, Chemistry, chemistry and materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Heavy Metals, Isotope, isotope production, Lanthanides, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leukemia, Los Alamos National Laboratory, medical advances, Medical Imaging, national laboratories, Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Nuclear Medicine Imaging, Nuclear Science, Nuclear Science and Engineering, nuclear science user facilities, oncology care, oncology clinical trials, particle acceleration, Periodic Table, periodic table of elements, Pet Imaging, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, precious metals, prostate cancer, Proton Beam, Radiation Therapy For Cancer, Radioisotopes, Radionuclides, Redox, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Thorium

Researchers from Berkeley Lab and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed new methods for the large-scale production, purification, and use of the radioisotope cerium-134, which could serve as a PET imaging radiotracer for a highly targeted cancer treatment known as alpha-particle therapy.

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Charges Cascading Along a Molecular Chain

November 12, 2020 sarah Jonas Berkeley Lab, Capacitors, Department Of Energy, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Graphene, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Materials Science, Materials Science Division (MSD), Microprocessors, Molecular Foundry, Molecules, Nanostructures, nanotechnology, Physics, Quantum Physics, Transistors, UC Berkeley, University of California - Berkeley, University Of California At Berkeley

Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn ‘on’ or ‘off,’ paving the way for information transfer in tiny circuits

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What’s Nanotechnology? Kristin Persson Explains at 4 Different Levels

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas atomic-scale imaging, Berkeley Lab, Chemistry, chemistry and materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Education, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science, Molecular Engineering, Molecular Foundry, Nanomaterials, nanomaterials science, Nanoscale, Nanoscience, nanotechnology, Quantum, Quantum Physics, stem, the materials project

In celebration of National Nanotechnology Day, Molecular Foundry Director Kristin Persson explains atomic-scale engineering at four different levels – for a kindergartner, a middle schooler, a high school senior, and a graduate student

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Jennifer Doudna Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Award Announcement, Berkeley Lab, BIOCHEMISTRY, Biofuels, Biology, Bioproducts, Biosciences, Biotech, Chemistry, Chemistry Awards, CRISPR gene editing, CRISPR-Cas9, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, diagnostics and therapeutics, DNA and CRISPR, genome editing, Genomics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Jennifer Doudna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Medicine, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, nobel prize in Chemistry, RNA, UC Berkeley, Virus

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a professor at UC Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the development of a method for genome editing.”

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Machine Learning Helps Plasma Physics Researchers Understand Turbulence Transport

August 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Comet supercomputer, Deep Learning, Department of Energy (DOE), Plasma Phyics, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Turbulence transport, Uc San Diego

UC San Diego researchers published a study that used the ‘Comet’ supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center on campus showing how machine learning produced a model for plasma turbulence.

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Toward an Ultrahigh Energy Density Capacitor

August 19, 2020 sarah Jonas accelerator technology, applied physics, Batteries, Capacitors, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, dielectric capacitor, Energy Storage, energy storage solutions, energy storage systems, Ferroelectric, ferroelectric material, Ferroelectrics, Lawrence Berekely National Laboratory, Materials, Materials Science, materials science and engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF), personal electronics, Piezoelectric, UC Berkeley, Wearable technologies, Wearable Technology

Researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have demonstrated that a common material can be processed into a top-performing energy storage material. Their discovery could improve the efficiency, reliability, and robustness of personal electronics, wearable technologies, and car audio systems.

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Berkeley Lab Part of Multi-Institutional Team Awarded $60M for Solar Fuels Research

July 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Alternative Fuel Research, artificial photosynthesis, Berkeley Lab, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, Chemicals, Climate Change, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Green Energy, Hydrogen Fuel, Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, materials discovery, Materials Science, materials science and engineering, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic conversion, photovoltaic devices, photovoltaic materials, Renewable Energy, renewable energy technology, Semiconductors, solar fuels, sunlight conversion, Sunlight Energy, sunlight to fuels, Sustainable Energy, sustainable energy systems, water-splitting catalyst

The Department of Energy has awarded $60 million to a new solar fuels initiative – called the Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) – led by Caltech in close partnership with Berkeley Lab. LiSA will build on the foundational work of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP).

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Battery Breakthrough Gives Boost to Electric Flight and Long-Range Electric Cars

July 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Advanced Light Source, Battery, battery capacity, battery charging, battery cycling, battery density, Carbon Footprint, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, electric airplane, electric vehicle batteries, Electric Vehicles (Ev), electrode materials, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, lithium metal battery, lithium metal dendrites, Molecular Foundry, Nanoscience and Technology, nanosciences, Polymers, rechargeable batteries, solid electrolyte, Solid-state battery, synchrotron X-rays, Transportation

Researchers at Berkeley Lab, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, have developed a new battery material that could enable long-range electric vehicles that can drive for hundreds of miles on a single charge, and electric planes called eVTOLs for fast, environmentally friendly commutes.

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Scientists Dive Deep Into Hidden World of Quantum States

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 2d electronics, 2D layered materials, 2D material, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab, condensed matter physics, condensed matter physics and materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, heterostructures, Interfaces, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Magnetism, Moore's Law, Moore's law, semiconductors, transistors, Nanomaterial Devices, nanomaterials science, nanotechnology, Next-Generation materials, Quantum Computer, quantum devices, quantum electronics, quantum materials, Quantum Physics, Semiconductors, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Strontium Titanate, Superconductivity, Superconductivity and Magnetism, superconductor materials, Transistors

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a technique that could lead to new electronic materials that surpass the limitations imposed by Moore’s Law.

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Process for ‘two-faced’ nanomaterials may aid energy, information tech

June 26, 2020 sarah Jonas 2D layered materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience, nanotechnology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory implanted atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided Janus structures that may prove useful in developing energy and information technologies.

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Jefferson Lab Graduate Student Researchers Receive DOE Awards

June 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Department of Energy (DOE), Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics

Three graduate students have gotten a financial boost from DOE to conduct research at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The students have received supplemental research awards from the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

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Scientists Aim Gene-Targeting Breakthrough Against COVID-19

June 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Antiviral Compounds, Antiviral Drugs, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Chemistry & Materials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, CRISPR, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Epithelial Cells, flu, Gene Editing, Gene Therapy, Gene Therapy Drugs, human cells, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Medicine, Medicine & Health: Infectious/Emerging Diseases., Molecular Foundry, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience, Nanoscience & Technology, Nucleotides, Pandemic, Pandemic Flu, Peptide, Peptoids, Pneumonia, Polymers, preclinical research, respiratory ailments, Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Therapy, RNA Biology, Rna Editing, RNA enzyme, RNA sequencing, self-assembling RNA, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Transfection, Upper Respiratory Infection, Viral Infections, viral mutations, Viral Replication, Virus

Scientists at Berkeley Lab and Stanford have joined forces to aim a gene-targeting, antiviral agent called PAC-MAN against COVID-19.

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Science Snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin

April 9, 2020 sarah Jonas 2D Nanomaterials, 3D imaging, Berkeley Lab, Catalysis & energy conversion, Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials, chemical synthesis, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Energy Frontier Research Center, Fuel Cell, Graphene, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Magnetic memory, Microelectronics, Molecular Foundry, Moore's Law, Nanoparticles, Nanoscience, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, platinum catalyst, Spintronics, transition metal dichalcogenides, UC Berkeley

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have captured 3D images of nanoparticles in liquid with atomic precision, and developed an ultrathin electrical switch that could further miniaturize computing devices and personal electronics without loss of performance.

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A Talented 2D Material Gets a New Gig

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Graphene, heterostructures, Materials Science, Microelectronics, Moire, moire patterns, Physics, Quantum Computer, Quantum information science, quantum materials, Quantum Physics, superconducting materials, topological insulators, topological materials, topological properties, UC Berkeley

Berkeley Lab scientists tap into graphene’s hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information science

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How JCAP Is Making Solar Fuels Shine

March 3, 2020 sarah Jonas artificial photosynthesis, Berkeley Lab, Caltech, carbon dioxide (CO2), Climate And Energy, Climate Change, coal, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Electricity, Electrochemical energy storage, Ethanol, Fossil Fuels, Lawrence Berekely National Laboratory, Materials Science, Molecular Foundry, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, NERSC, oil, Petroleum, Photovoltaic, photovoltaic cells, Renewable Energies, renewable energy development, renewable energy storage, renewable energy technology, Semiconductors, Solar Cell, solar fuels, sunlight, sunlight conversion, Sustainable Energy, sustainable energy systems, Sustainable Fuel, Water Splitting

As we look back at a decade of discovery, we highlight 10 achievements by scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis that bring us closer to a solar fuels future.

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Scientists Discover New Clue Behind Age-Related Diseases and Food Spoilage

February 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Advanced Light Source, Age-related Diseases, aging adults, Alzheimer's Disease, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, Avocado, BIOCHEMISTRY, Cancer, Chronic Diseases, Dementia, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, food science and nutrition, Fuels, Hydroxyl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lipids, Mass Spectrometry, meat, Neurodegenative Disease, Organic Chemistry, Oxidation, Oxygen, Ozone, Parkinson's Disease, Plastic, Pollution, Synchrotron Science, ultraviolet light

Berkeley Lab scientists have made a surprising discovery that could help explain our risk for developing chronic diseases or cancers as we get older, and how our food decomposes over time.

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ORNL, TVA sign agreement to collaborate on advanced reactor technologies

February 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Production, Industry Collaboration, Memorandum Of Understanding, national laboratory, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Science and Engineering

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate a new generation of flexible, cost-effective advanced nuclear reactors.

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Science Snapshots From Berkeley Lab

December 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments actinides, Advanced Light Source, Beamline, beamlines, bioactinide, Biology, Biosciences, Cancer Drug, chelation of actinides, Chelators, chemical sciences, chemical synthesis, Colorectal Cancer, Department of Energy (DOE), Heavy Metals, Lanthanides, Lawrence Berekely National Laboratory, lung adenocarcinoma, Molecular Foundry, MRI contrast agents, Office of Science, Physics, Plutonium, tumors, UC Berkeley, X-Ray

This edition of Science Snapshots highlights the discovery of an investigational cancer drug that targets tumors caused by mutations in the KRAS gene, the development of a new library of artificial proteins that could accelerate the design of new materials, and new insight into the natural toughening mechanism behind adult tooth enamel.

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A day in the life of a telescope camera assembler

December 18, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Department of Energy (DOE), Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, LSST, Mechanical Engineering, Office of Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The LSST camera is the biggest digital camera ever constructed for ground-based astronomy. Within the year, Hannah and her teammates will finish assembling and testing the camera and it will be shipped to its home at the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile.

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Tiny Quantum Sensors Watch Materials Transform Under Pressure

December 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments atomic defects, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Diamond Anvil Cell, Earth Science, Electricity, Energy Frontier Reseaerch Centers, Energy Storage, energy storage systems, High-temperature Superconductors, Magnetic Materials, MARS, Materials Science, Measure, Physics, quantum behavior, quantum materials, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Sensor, smart materials, Spintronics, superconducting materials, UC Berkeley

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed a diamond anvil sensor that could lead to a new generation of smart, designer materials, as well as the synthesis of new chemical compounds, atomically fine-tuned by pressure.

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University of Kentucky Grant Seeks to Turn Coal Into Carbon Fiber

December 5, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments coal, Department of Energy (DOE), University Of Kentucky

UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received a $1.8 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to transform coal tar pitch into high-value carbon fiber for use in aircraft, automobiles, sporting goods and other high-performance materials.

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Six Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments AAAS Fellows, bioactinide, BIOCHEMISTRY, Bioengineering, Biosciences, chelation therapy, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemical sciences, Cosmology, Cyanobacteria, Dark Energy Survey, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, earth and planetary sciences, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Nuclear Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Plutonium, Radionuclides, Seismology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Systems Biology, UC Berkeley

Six scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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The Beauty of Imperfections: Linking Atomic Defects to 2D Materials’ Electronic Properties

November 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 2D materials, Advanced Light Source, atomic defect, atomic defects, Berkeley Lab, Catalysis, Conductivity, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry, nanotechnology, NERSC, Quantum information science, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, scanning tunneling microscopy, Semiconductor, Sulfur

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have revealed how atomic defects emerge in transition metal dichalcogenides, and how those defects shape the 2D material’s electronic properties. Their findings could provide a versatile yet targeted platform for designing 2D materials for quantum information science.